Wired Reviews 4e

[Thaumaturge]

Wired has a review of 4e.

It's a positive review, so if you're looking for fuel for your angst fire, good luck.

Thaumaturge.

Edit: The author of the review writes for Massively, an MMO blog. That should cause some interesting discussions.

 

[magnusmalkus]

Wired has a review of 4e.

Edit: The author of the review writes for Massively, an MMO blog. That should cause some interesting discussions.

I'm sure 4e is a good game. A good game for a person who wants a video game experience in what originated as a tabletop game.

And, apparently, there are many gamers who what that kind of experience.

But not I. I'll wait to pick up D&D again once they get 'back to basics' in the next edition.

 

[Kichwas]

Since 4E is an offline MMO (MMOff?), its only fitting have an MMO reviewer write the article.

 

[SpiderMonkey]

I'm sure 4e is a good game. A good game for a person who wants a video game experience in what originated as a tabletop game.

And, apparently, there are many gamers who what that kind of experience.

But not I. I'll wait to pick up D&D again once they get 'back to basics' in the next edition.

Huh.

Combat moves so fluidly now, and the DM has so much less prep time to worry about, that the art of role-playing itself finally moves into the foreground of Dungeons & Dragons. Telling a compelling story, and having a ton of fun doing it, is ultimately the reason players sit down to game in the first place. What D&D 4th Edition represents is the chance to have fun with your friends without a ton of hassle, to immerse yourself in a fantasy world without working at it.

But don't let that stop anyone from making the same unqualified, tired "it's a video game" claims that we've been hearing since the announcement of the new edition. I'm really pleased with it so far, and I'm not looking for a video game: I wanted back to basics.

 

[Scribble]

I'm sure 4e is a good game. A good game for a person who wants a video game experience in what originated as a tabletop game.

And, apparently, there are many gamers who what that kind of experience.

But not I. I'll wait to pick up D&D again once they get 'back to basics' in the next edition.

Good thing "Video Game Experience" is justa set of buzzwords to bash 4e, and not what it actually is.

4e IS back to basics. It's the ease of use and flowy nature of the original games I started with, mixed with the balanced fair way of achieving results 3e introed... Best of both worlds.

 

[Wisdom Penalty]

4E is as close to 1E as any E except 1E itself.

Figure that out.

And I, personally, loved 1E and am giggling like a school girl now that the new edition brings us back to those heady days.

4E: When DMs Strike Back.

Wis

 

[Kichwas]

Which edition of first edition did you play?

When I look at my old several hundred page DMG and Player's handbooks with no skills or feats or paths, purely random generation, 36 levels, and 9 alignments, the only thing I see in common in random dungeon generation.

Plus, 4E has no:

.5 orc, druid, assassin, illusionist, gnome, monk, bard, psionics, magic-user (4E has sorcerer named Wizard), magic-user familiar, or ranger animal companion.

And, worst of all...


No wandering Harlot table.

 

[The Little Raven]

the same unqualified, tired "it's a video game" claims that we've been hearing since the announcement of the new edition.

What amuses me is some people point out particular mechanics (like healing surges) and call them "video game-like," but can't point out a single video game that uses them.

 

[Thaumaturge]

<snip>
Plus, 4E has no:

<snip> magic-user (4E has sorcerer named Wizard) <snip>

So, by way of clarification, you are arguing the 4e wizard does NOT, in fact, use magic?

Thaumaturge.

 

[The Little Raven]

Plus, 4E has no:

gnome

Having trouble reading properly, are we?